The insanity that is ‘hunting’ in Spain
I am very fortunate that I live in Coín and have access to an area where it is still relatively safe to walk with my dogs.
Sierra Gorda is being transformed into an urbanisation and has already got much of the infrastructure built. Thanks to efforts by the local ayuntamiento and the developers, there is a lovely area to visit with some of the best views around of the Guadalhorce valley.
The amount of work that has been done means that it is possible to explore large areas without the risk of motor vehicles speeding into you.
Unfortunately it is not the same when it comes to hunters.
Week-ends see hunters out with their shotguns and dogs – far too often less than 100 mtrs from a public road. Why do these people feel that they can discharge lethal weapons in areas where there is very likely to be people walking or pets ranging loose?
This morning I was horrified to see a hunter within 50 mtrs of houses and shocked when he fired two shots! Don’t these people have any regulations governing their behaviour? Don’t they know that even an expended shotgun pellet is capable of putting an eye out?
- I
The picture, above, shows one of the hunters (a second with the dogs cannot be seen) walking even closer to the houses. To his right are houses even closer than the one in the picture as well as several parked vehicles.
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